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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of the posters saying "Location, location, location" actually live in a neighborhood where they don't fit in socially or socio-economically?  (aside from the Cleveland Park poster who found that she didn't and chose to move)?
It's easy to say "location, location, location" until you're stuck in a neighborhood where you have very little in common with 90% your neighbors.  
We live in one (beautiful house in upper NW DC which we afforded due to a combination of factors) and we often wish we had moved to Silver Spring, Takoma Park, etc instead.  We have a decent enough income but we don't have the same lifestyles as any of our neighbors.  I SAH but I don't have a full time nanny.  I don't have a vacation home.  I don't drive a luxury SUV.  I don't wear all Patagonia. etc. etc. etc.  People are nice but we are very different and I really wish we were surrounded by a different (more international, more middle class) community.   I had no idea this would matter when I was buying a house and hadn't been in this situation.  I would have said "location" as well and I did--evidenced by where we bought our house.

We do have social circles and friends all over the city but I wish we had them next door. [/quote]

What neighborhood is this? We'd like to move there STAT[/quote]

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